Modification:Expanded Plants/Plants

This is a table of the real-life growths and growth seasons of plants found in Dwarf Fortress. It is a work in progress.

The values in this table will be incorporated into the Expanded Plants mod. Please feel free to help with the research!

Resources for tweaking plants:

Wild biome distributions at Modification:Expanded_Plants/Biomes. All biome tokens at Biome token.

Reference table for mapping ticks to seasons at Modification:Expanded_Plants/Timing.

Color values and color tokens at Color#Color values.

Reaction snippets at Modification:Expanded_Plants/Reactions.

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Abaca Scratchpad
	Perennial tree-like herb
		Tropical w/ decent rain & high drainage
			Pseudo-trunk stem	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaf	Cloth fiber "Manila Hemp"	Every 3-8 months	Green	N/A
			Flower	None	No more than 1 month before leaves reappear	Red-orange	Shortly before leaves reappear
			Fruit	Contains seeds	Sometime after leaves reappear	Almost-white brown	??
			Seeds	Oil for soap only (oil not edible)	N/A	Black	N/A
Acacia Scratchpad FAO factsheet; using A. aneura because best data.
	Tree
		Tropical & subtropical dryish but not desert; needs full sun
			Structural	Low-value wood; bark processed for brown dye	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Summer and winter; summer flowers are the ones that set seed	Yellow	6 weeks or less
			Seedpods	Edible cooked, contains seeds, brown dye	Mid-spring	Bright green, then white, pink, or tan	Late spring
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked	N/A	Black	N/A
Alder Scratchpad
	Broadleaf tree
		Temperate
			Structural	Mid-value wood; orange dye from bark	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then orange	Autumn
			Male catkins	None	Before leaves	Yellow/pink	Spring
			Female catkins	None	Before leaves	Brown	Late autumn
Alfalfa Scratchpad
	Perennial herb
		Warm side of temperate; doesn't like salt; prefers direct sun.
			Stem	Edible when young (create sprout growth?)	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early/mid spring	Light green	Mid/late autumn
			Flowers	None	Late spring	Magenta	Early autumn
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Mid summer	Green	Late autumn
			Seed	Plantable, edible cooked	N/A	Light brown to yellow	N/A
Almond Scratchpad
	Tree
		Subtropical - warm, dry summers; mild, wet winters. Not too heavily forested.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then red	November
			Flowers	None	Late February	White	Late spring
			Whole almonds	Contains seeds	September	Light brown	November
			Seeds	Edible, edible oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apple Scratchpad
	Tree
		Temperate; lightly wooded but not super forested.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then orange, then brown	Early winter
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Pink, then white	Late spring
			Fruit	Edible, brewable	Mid-autumn	Red, yellow or green	Late autumn
			Seeds	None	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apricot Scratchpad
	Tree
		Mid-temperate to subtropical. Prefers dryish climates.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then yellow	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Very early spring	White	Somewhat quickly
			Fruit	Edible, brewable, contains seed	Mid-summer	Orange	Early autumn
			Pit/kernel	Edible (in moderation, risks cyanide poisoning), edible oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Arrow bamboo Scratchpad
	Perennial shrub-like herb
		Mid-temperate; tolerates both shade and full sun
			No usable or even interesting growths; going to leave it an unremarkable grass. (Too thin for timber.) However, it grows up to 18 ft tall; might make it a shrub? Stupid pandas and their needing bamboo to be a grass.
Artichoke Scratchpad
	Perennial herb
		Subtropical to warm-temperate. Reasonable water & drainage.
			Stem	None	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-Spring	Light green	Late autumn
			Bud w/ Heart	Edible/Brewable	Early summer	Light green	2 weeks later
			Flower	None	Immediate upon bud disappearance	Bright purple	??
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Sometime after flower disappearance	Brown	Late autumn
			Seeds	Planting	N/A	??	N/A
Ash Scratchpad
	Broadleaf deciduous tree
		Temperate, OK with forests; salt-tolerant, can do swamps
			Structural	Mid-quality wood; blue dye from bark	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then yellow orange or red	Early autumn
			Flowers (male & female panicles)	None	Mid-spring	Purple
			Samaras	None	Summer	Green then brown, falls off in cloud	Mid-autumn
			Winter buds	None	Mid-winter	Brown	When leaves appear
Asparagus Scratchpad
	Perennial herb
		Happy with saltwater; subtropical to moderately temperate.
			Woody stem	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			New shoots	Edible	Late spring	light green	Early summer
			Leaves "ferns"	None	Early summer	Green, then yellow in fall & brown in winter	Late winter
			Flowers	None	June	White or yellow	July
			Berries	Contains seeds, poisonous	Green in mid-July; ripe in early October	Red	Novembery?
Avocado Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropical to subtropical rainforests
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None?	January	Light green	February
			Fruits	Edible (raw), edible oil	June	Green	October

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Baby toes succulent Scratchpad	Perennial Succulent (herb?)	Very hot desert	Flowers	None	Late summer	White or yellow	Mid-autumn
Bambara groundnut Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Semi-arid tropical to subtropical savannah
			Stem	None	Year-round	Green?	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	40 days after planting	purple or yellow?	60 days after planting
			Seedpods	Contain seeds	Every 85 days, starting at pollination	Brown	30 days after appearance
			Seeds	Edible, plantable. Oil?	N/A	Light brown	N/A
Banana Scratchpad
	Perennial tree-like herb
		Tropical, medium to wet forest
			Pseudostem	None	A new one every 6-8 months	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Leaves	Fiber for thread	New leaves with every pseudostem	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Inflorescence (1/plant, at the "tip" of the bunch.)	Edible	No more than 2 months after pseudostem matures	Dark red	When the fruit falls
			Flowers (grow on the inflorescence)	None	Shortly after development of inflorescence	Pale pink	Appear in stages from base to tip; so about 2 months after appearing?
			Fruit (grow along the inflorescence, from the "base" of it, where the early flowers were)	Edible, brewable	4 months after flowering	Yellow or green	About 2 months after the first ripen (they ripen gradually from the base of the inflorescence to the tip)
Barley Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Temperate to subtropical forest/grassland
			Stalk	None	15 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	50 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seeds	Edible, brewable, millable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bayberry Bush does not exist! I collected the info for the wrong plant and just didn't want to lose all the data I gathered. The Bayberry in DF is the tree listed below.
	Perennial Shrub
		Temperate marshes or other wet-to-medium. Saltwater OK.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green	Late autumn (some are evergreen)
			Flowers	None	Mid-Spring	Yellow	Late spring
			Berries	Press for inedible oil & wax; contains seeds	Mid-summer	Light green, ripening to gray-light blue in autumn	Mid-winter
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A		N/A
Bayberry Tree (Chinese Bayberry) Scratchpad
	Tree
		Temperate to subtropical, well-drained, light tree cover at most.
			Structural	Low-quality wood; yellow dye from bark	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	??	Tiny, forget them	??
			Berries	Edible, brewable	June	Red	Not long - go bad quickly
Beet Scratchpad
	Biennial herb
		Temperate, moderately wet, grassland to lightly forested
			Root	Edible, dye	Year-round	Dark magenta-brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Late spring	Green	Mid autumn
			Flowers	None	Mid-summer	Green	Mid-summer
			Seedhead	Contain seeds	Late summer	Brown	Late summer
			Seed	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bentgrass Scratchpad	Perennial herb	Anywhere	Boring. No indication of edible seeds, flowers are small & green & look like a seedhead. Just leave it, whatevs.
Bilberry Scratchpad
	Shrub
		Temperate & subarctic with poor soil. Forests-shrubland.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then red	Fall
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Light red	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds	Late summer	Dark purple	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Dark red	N/A
Birch Scratchpad
	Tree
		Temperate to boreal, any thickness veg
			Wood	High quality wood	Year-round	Cream to tan	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid spring	Light green, then orange	Mid autumn
			Male catkins	None	Mid autumn	Yellow	Late spring
			Female catkins	None	Early spring	Brown	Early Autumn
Bitter melon Scratchpad
	Herbaceous vine
		Tropical & subtropical forests
			Vine	None	Year-round	Green, then brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible when young	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	June	Yellow	July
			Melons	Edible, contains plantable seeds; incidentally, used in place of hops in brewing!	September	Green, then yellow-orange (not edible when yellow-orange - overripe, too bitter)	November
Bitter orange Scratchpad
	Tree, arguably a large shrub - hedgerow plant.
		Temperate, moderate water, good drainage, full sun. Native to wooded hills & mountains.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Dark brown to gray, with green photosynthetic stripes in the bark. Twigs are green, might just make the tree green w/ lumber being brown.	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring, shortly after flowers.	Yellow-green when young, then dark green, then yellow in the fall	Standard leaf-dropping time? idk.
			Flowers	None	April	White	May
			Fruit	Edible as orange marmalade/preserves only.	Starts ripening in September	Green, then yellow	Well into winter
Bitter vetch Scratchpad
	Annual? herb
		Sub-tropical dryish (Turkey, Iraq etc.)
			Stem/Structural	None	?? little info remains	Green	??
			Leaves	None	??	Green, look like honey locust	??
			Flowers	None	??	White to light purple	??
			Pods	Contains seeds	??	Brown	??
			Seeds	Edible COOKED ONLY, causes paralysis if undercooked	N/A	Brown	N/A
Blackberry Scratchpad
	Perennial shrub
		Temperate; tolerates poor soil; best in bright sun; not too wet
			Canes (structural)	None	Year-round	Wood	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then red-purple in autumn	Late autumn?
			Flowers	None	May	White	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds; when eaten raw should not produce seeds	Late summer	Red when unripe, then black	Mid-autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Purple	N/A
Blood amaranth Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Temperate to tropical, wet or dry. Requires direct sun, does not compete well against other plants.
			Stem	Edible when young	Mid spring	Green tinged with magenta	Early autumn
			Leaves	Edible, harvestable every 20 days or so - super crazy	Mid spring	Magenta tinged green	Early autumn
			Flowers	Hopi Red dye? May not be appropriate for fabric, was mostly used on pottery & as food coloring.	Late spring (70 days after planting)	Magenta-purple	Early summer
			Seedheads	Contain seeds	Mid summer (110 days after planting)	Also magenta-purple!	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, plantable	N/A	Black for wild, white for domesticated	N/A
Blue sedge Scratchpad	Perennial? herb	Drought-tolerant, sun to part-shade, temperate to subtropical. Tolerates salt.	Pretty boring. Blue-green, but otherwise basic ground cover.
Blueberry Scratchpad
	Perennial Shrub
		Tundra to mild temperate, swampy to scrubby. Can deal with some woodland, but not downright forest. Will grow on mountains, Toady. :<
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Middle spring	Green, then red	Early-mid autumn
			Flowers	None?	Mid spring	White	Late spring/early summer
			Berries	Edible, contain plantable seeds. NOT dye, blueberry stain does not hold to fabric.	Early summer	Green, then red, then (when ripe) dark blue	Late summer
			Seeds	Plantable. Should not be produced when eating the berry raw.	N/A	Purpley red	N/A
Broad bean (fava bean) Scratchpad
	Herb, annual but doesn't die off except due to weather?
		Temperate to cold. Can handle a little wet but not too much, no dryness, some salt. Will not fruit above 70F or below 40F. Possibly divide into two plants - one a winter bean in warmer areas, one a summer bean in colder? Sharing each other's materials?
			Structural	None	Extremely early spring	Green	Hang around until killed - can we accomplish this with heatdamage & colddamage points on the structural material?
			Leaves	Edible raw, but this will reduce bean crop obvs.	Extremely early spring	Green	Hang around until killed
			Flowers	Edible raw	??	White	2-6 weeks later (depending on heat - hotter is longer)
			Pods	Contain seeds	80-100 days after planting	Green	Not long after? Beans are best when younger, and can only be eaten raw when harvested young - but can still be picked afterwards. A few different growths?
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Green, then white, then black	N/A
Buckwheat Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Short-season crop, needs drainage but not dry. Mid-temperate to cold-temperate. No higher than 90F after the first 4 weeks, then no frost until the full 12 weeks are over.
			Stalk	None	Early spring, Mid summer	Green	Dies in cold or when picked
			Leaves	None	Early spring, Mid summer	Green	Dies in cold or when picked
			Flowers	None	6 weeks after sowing	White	2-3 weeks
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	10-12 weeks after planting	Black	Mid autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, brewable	N/A	Brown	N/A

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Cabbage Scratchpad
	Bienniel herb
		Temperate, not too shaded
			Head	Edible with its leaves	Mid-spring, early autumn	Green	Late spring/Early summer
			Stem	None	Early summer	Green	Until plant dies (in DF, probably until heads come up again)
			Leaves (opened, on stalk, not head)	None	Early summer (of the second year, but this is DF)	Green	Until plant dies
			Raceme/flowers	None?	Slightly later than the stem	Yellow	?? Shortly after presumably
			Seed pods	Contains plantable seeds	a month after the flowers end?	Light brown	Only a few days!
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Chestnut brown	N/A
Cacao tree Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropical forests
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	ivory/pale yellow	N/A
			Cacao pod	Contains seeds	Year-round, with a 5-6 month ripening period	Green then orange	N/A
			Cacao beans	Edible cooked, ground to cacao paste, pressed to cacao butter (soap possible also) and cacao powder	N/A	Chocolate-colored!	N/A
Candlenut Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropics with decent rain and good drainage. Slightly salt-tolerant.
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	January	White	March
			Nuts	Contains seed	September	Green, gray when ripe	December
			Seeds	Edible; millable; pressable for oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Caper Scratchpad
	Perennial shrub
		Tropical or subtropical deserts
			Structural	None	Year-round	Purple	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	Year-round?	Green?	N/A
			Buds	Edible cooked	May	Green	August
			Flowers	None	Slightly later May	White	August
			Berries	Edible cooked, contains seeds	June	Green-brown	September
			Seeds	Plantable, obvs	N/A	Brown	N/A
Carambola Scratchpad
	Broadleaf tree
		Tropical (forests?)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Birch-like (under the bark), with a little pink?	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	Lavender/pink	N/A
			Fruits (Starfruit)	Edible, brewable	Year-round	Green when unripe, then yellow	3 crops/year
Carpetgrass Scratchpad	Perennial herb	Tropical & subtropical wet - tolerates periodic submersion & deep shade	Nothing interesting - green leaves, no interesting flowers or fruits.
Cashew Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropical woodlands; leaves spread wide, so not thick forests. Both drought and wet tolerant.
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Winter	Light green, then pink-red	Later in that winter
			Fruit w/ nut	Edible, brewable into urrac, attached to NUT, not seed	A few months after flowering	Green nut, then green fruit, then red-orange when ripe	Drop after a few weeks? No gathering from ground, they sprout.
			Nut	Contains one seed, but seed is surrounded by a caustic chemical! Might make for some FUN in processing - chance to produce blister-liquid in workshop?	N/A	Darker brown	N/A
			Seed	Edible raw or cooked, nut butter, oil	N/A	Light brown	N/A
Cassava Scratchpad
	Shrub
		Tropical & subtropical. Both wet- and dry-tolerant (but not desert).
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked, with same syndromes as root (Note to self: test out if ingested syndromes via cooking is possible)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Root/tuber	Edible cooked (chance of cyanide poisoning. Let's leave out acute poisoning but give a chance for the effects of chronic exposure via layered syndromes. A few layers in you get: temporary blurred vision, permanent liver, kidney, pancreas & motor nerve damage, esp. to legs. Progressively worse motor nerve damage if it's still eaten, eventually blisters on brain & organ shutdown.), brewable, grindable to flour (we'll say flour is non-toxic since though toxic flour is possible, best practices REQUIRE making it into flour)	Year-round	Light brown	N/A
			Flowers	None	July	Bright pink	January
			Fruit	Contains plantable seeds	70-90 days after pollination	Light green & Brown	70-90 days after the last flowers disappear I guess?
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cattail Scratchpad
	Perennial herb (Currently implemented as a grass; should probably be a shrub. Honestly should probably just replace rope reed 1 for 1.)
		Native to temperate-to-tropical freshwater wetlands, but will grow almost anywhere near fresh or brackish water.
			Rhizome (starchy roots)	Edible cooked, flour	Year-round; usually harvested late autumn to early spring	White	N/A
			Stalk	Edible heart "Cossack asparagus" early spring thru mid summer. Jute-like fiber fabric.	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Flowers	None	May	Sort of a brownish yellow	July
			Punks	Kapok-like seed fluff, possibly spinnable to thread? Contains seeds.	Starts at same time as flower, harvestable in early autumn	Brown, then white midway thru harvest	Late autumn
			Seed	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cedar - going with genus Cedrus Scratchpad
	Evergreen conifer
		Mountains. This may be a problem? Maybe call it hills?
			Wood	High-value wood	Year-round	Brown, inside is lighter brown/yellow/pink/orange?	N/A
			Needles	None	Year-round	Bluish green	N/A
			Pollen cones	None	Late summer	Small and orange	Mid autumn
			Seed cones	None	Year-round, beginning small and green in late autumn, then ripening in the next early/mid-autumn	Green, then gray-brown	Late autumn/Early winter
Celery Scratchpad
	Biennial herb
		Temperate, partial to full shade, requires a lot of water. Low drainage good! Freshwater bogs.
			Stalk	Not actually eaten in wild varieties	Mid spring	Light green	Dies back in early winter
			Leaves	Edible	Mid spring	Dark green	Dies back in early winter
			Flowers	None	Early spring	White	Late spring
			Seed head?	Contains seeds	August	Brown	Septemberish
			Seed	High value edible, plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Cherry Scratchpad
	Deciduous broadleaf tree
		Temperate, any amount of shade or not
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then red	Mid? autumn
			Flowers	None?	Mid-spring	Pink-white	End of mid-spring
			Fruit	Edible, brewable	Early summer	Dark red	Late summer
			Seeds	None	N/A	Brown	N/A
Chestnut Scratchpad
	Deciduous broadleaf tree, but does exceptionally well in pine forests apparently
		Temperate w/ good drainage but moisture
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early-mid spring	Green, then bright yellow	Sometime in the autumn? Specifics hard to find
			Male catkins	None	Late spring, 2 months after leaves	Pale yellow	Mid summer
			Female catkins	None	Late spring, 2 months after leaves	Green	Mid summer
			Burrs	Contain edible nuts	Appear when female catkins leave, ripen 10-12 weeks later	Green	just 2 weeks after ripening!
			Nut	Edible, pressable	N/A	Chestnut	N/A
Chickpea Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Full sun to partial shade; Dryish subtropical scrub
			Structural - non-woody but called branches	None	Mid-late autumn	Green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-late autumn	Green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Flowers?	None	50-60 days after planting	Light purple/white	Shortly before the plant dies off from heat
			Pods	Contains seeds	Ripe 100 days after planting	Green/bright light green	Until it gets scorching (early summer?)
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, flour	N/A	White/tan	N/A
Chicory Scratchpad
	Perennial herb w/ woody stem
		Temperate, cold-hardy, drought-tolerant, needs sun
			Stems	Good forage	Year-round	Dark green-brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	April	Green	October
			Root	Edible cooked, esp. ground	Year-round	White	N/A
			Flowers	None? Folk medicine.	June	Baby blue	September
			Seed pod	Contains seeds	July	Green, then brown	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Citron Scratchpad
	Broadleaf evergreen tree
		Tropics
			Trunk, branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Continuously, "several" times throughout the year	Purple for sour, light yellow for sweet	N/A
			Fruit	Edible-cooked (esp. in sweetened preserves) albedo (inner rind), which takes up most of the volume. Valuable (inedible?) oil for perfumes, could make valuable soap.	Year-round, producing several crops/year. Can remain on the tree for months, so may have a new crop of unripe citron while the ripe ones are still present.	Purple when very small, then green, then yellow when ripe.	N/A
Cloudberry Scratchpad
	Perennial (rhizomatous) evergreen herb
		Cold-hardy, but weak to salt & dry. Mountains, tundra, boreal forest. May also grow in temperate marshes.
			Stems	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Can be brewed into tea	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Late spring	White	Early summer
			Fruit	Edible, brewable, high-value preserves	Mid-late summer	White when new, red when unripe, orange when ripe	3 weeks later
			Seeds	Has not been successfully cultivated!	N/A	Yellow-orange	N/A
Coconut palm Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropical wetlands (direct sun, high humidity, sand and salinity ok)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Apical buds	Heart of palm (edible, high value, kills plant)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Sap from incising flower clusters ferments to palm wine	Year-round	ivory/pale yellow	N/A
			Coconut (drupe)	Edible, seed, coconut milk extract (cookable), pressed for coconut oil (cookable, soap) and coconut meal (cookable), includes coir and shell	Six years after germination, year-round, with a 12-month ripening period	Green then brown	N/A
			Coir	Fiber, spun to thread, coarse, salt-water resistant	N/A	white (young), brown (mature)	N/A
			Shell	Crafts, charcoal	N/A	brown	N/A
Coffee Scratchpad
	Tree (9-12m)
		Tropical forests (partial sun)
			Wood	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Tea	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	White	N/A
			Cherry	Edible, contains seeds (beans)	Three years after germination, year-round, with a 9-month ripening period	Green, then yellow, then, light red, then deep red	N/A
			Coffee beans	Seed, roasted and brewed for drink	N/A	white (unroasted)	N/A
Common reed Scratchpad
	Perennial grass
		Temperate & tropical wetlands; tolerates brackish water
			Stems	Edible when young, but let's say nah for implementation reasons	Year-round	Green in spring & summer; brown in autumn & winter
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green in spring & summer; brown in autumn	Winter
			Flower panicle	None	Late summer	Dark purple	Late summer
			Seed panicle	Contains seeds	Transitions directly from flowers	Dark gray, then gray, then white-yellow when ripe, then brown	Early-mid winter
			Seed(s)	Edible cooked & flour, plantable, probably brewable if you cared to try	N/A	Light brown w/ dandelion fuzz	N/A
Cotton Scratchpad
	Perennial shrub (usually grown as annual)
		Subtropical/mild-temperate, lots of sun, moderate to high rainfall. Slightly drought & salt-tolerant.
			Stems	None	Planted anywhere between Feb & June	Green	Year-round; or until first frost
			Leaves	None	2-4 weeks after planting	Green	Year-round
			Flowers	None	8-10 weeks after planting	Yellow w/ purple centers	10 weeks after planting
			Harvestable bolls	Thread, contain seeds	20-25 weeks after planting	White fuzzy balls	January
			Seeds	Plantable, pressed to oil. Post-pressing leftovers are not edible by animals w/ only 1 stomach.	N/A	Dark brown	N/A
Cottongrass Scratchpad
	Perennial rhizomatous herb (sedge)
		Temperate to arctic bogs & open wetlands. Needs sun & moisture.
			Stem	Edible raw or cooked, forage	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked (probably just lump in with the stem tho)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	May	Brown	June
			Tufts	Stuffing (a la pillows, not turkey); contains seeds, but not easily farmable	June	White & fluffy	September
Cowpea Scratchpad
	Annual? herb
		Tropical/subtropical dryish places, even in sand
			Stems/stalks	None	Throughout the warm season; starting March-May?	Green	September-October?
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	March-May?	Green	September-October?
			Flowers	None	60 days after "planting"	Purple	90 days after "planting"
			Bean pods	Contains seeds	Every 4 months in season	Green, then yellow when ready, then white/tan as they dry out	Hangs out for a while; maybe a couple months?
			Beans	Plantable, edible cooked	N/A	White	N/A
Cranberry Scratchpad
	Evergreen shrub
		Temperate wetlands. Salt-tolerant.
			Vine	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	June	Pink	July
			Berries	Edible raw or cooked; brewable	September	Dark red	end of October
			Seeds	Plantable, edible cooked, seed pressed to edible oil	N/A	Dark red-brown	N/A
Cucumber Scratchpad
	Annual vine
		Tropics with full sun & well-drained but moist/high-quality soil.
			Vine	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round, refreshing every 50-70 days	Bright yellow	N/A
			Cucumbers	Edible raw or cooked, contains seeds	Year-round, refreshing every 50-70 days	Green	N/A
			Seeds	Edible, pressable for oil, plantable	N/A	Light tan	N/A
Custard-apple Scratchpad
	Deciduous? tree
		Tropical moist but not flooded; can tolerate drought. Full sun, wind breaks; not salt tolerant
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	March	Green	November-December
			Flowers	None	March	Light green	May
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, contains seeds, brewable	August	Green	November

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Dallisgrass Scratchpad
	Annual grass
		Tropical/subtropical, moist-tolerant, drought/desert-tolerant, some salt tolerance, full light to full shade
			Stalk	Forage	Year-round; planting starts at same time as rice	Green?	N/A
			Leaves	Forage	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Year-round	Dark gray-purple?	N/A
			Seedheads	"Varagu" or "Kodo" or "Kodo millet" - contains seeds	Year-round, 2 crops/year	Dark gray-purple, then white-tan when ripe/dry	N/A
			Seeds	Plantable, edible cooked, flour, probably brewable	N/A	tan; or dark gray-purple	N/A
Date palm Scratchpad
	Tree
		Tropical dry (direct sun, low humidity)
			Wood	Wood (low value)	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible when v young, but mostly just used for animal feed	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Apical buds	Heart of palm (edible, high value, kills plant)	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Male and female trees, Edible, Sap from incising flower clusters ferments to palm wine	February/early spring	white/light yellow	?
			Date (fruit)	Female trees, Edible, contains seed, process to barrel for date syrup (cookable)	September	Green (kimri), bright red (khalal), dark red (rutab), black (tamar)	early December
			Date seed	Pressed for oil (cookable, soap)	N/A	brown	N/A
Desert lime Scratchpad
	Small tree/shrub
		Tropical (dry, tolerates salinity and mild freezing)
			Wood	Wood (low value)	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round (shed during drought/dormancy)	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	March (northern hemisphere)	white	April
			Desert lime (fruit)	Edible, rarely contains viable seed	May	Green	July
			Desert lime seed	None	N/A	brown	N/A
Dog's tooth grass Scratchpad	Perennial grass	Tropics, full sun, drought-tolerant, extremely salt-tolerant, wet tolerant also	Grass	None (Forage)	Year-round	Green, brown in winter	N/A
Dropseed grass Scratchpad
	Perennial grass
		Temperate to tropical, extremely drought and salt-tolerant, wet tolerant also
			Stems/leaves	None (forage)	Year-round	Green, "golden-rust" in late autumn-winter	N/A
			Flowers	None	July	Rust-tan	Mid-September
			Seedheads	Contains seeds	Octoberish?	Light tan	Late autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked (gross low-value), flour (decent value), probably brewable (probably gross), plantable	N/A	Light tan	N/A
Durian Scratchpad
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropics with lots of rain & good drainage.
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	Edible, but for balance we'll say not	February, then July	White	April, then September
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, brewable, contain seeds	June, then December	Green & brown & spiky	August, then January
			Seeds	Edible cooked; sometimes candied	N/A	Chestnut	N/A

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Eggplant Scratchpad
	Perennial herb
		Grows wild only in the tropics. Drought-tolerant, crowding is bad, partial shade at most
			Stem	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Early winter	Light purple	Early spring
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-summer	White or (heh) eggplant	Late summer
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Tan, almost orange	N/A
Elephant-head amaranth Scratchpad
	Annual? herb
		Likes heat, full sun, and not-desert. May separate out into temperate & tropical varieties, because life cycle is short enough to be a viable summer plant in the temperate zones.
			Stem/stalk	None	Year-round, or mid-late spring	Green	N/A, or late autumn
			Leaves	Edible raw/cooked	Year-round, or mid-late spring	Green and red	N/A, or late autumn
			Flower heads	None	Year-round (really!), or mid-summer	Dark blood red on a 7-ft "middle finger" stalk	N/A, or late autumn
			Seed heads	Contains seeds	Year-round, or mid-autumn; 2-3 crops per year in the tropics probably?	Brown	N/A, or late autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, probably could brew	N/A	Black	N/A

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Fescue grass Scratchpad	Perennial grass	Bunch of climates, including desert, wetlands, salt-tolerant, alpine, arctic; temperate & tropical; some woodlands; tolerates shade & sun	Boring, standard grass
Field sedge Scratchpad	Perennial? grass	Temperate wetlands & seasonally-wet lands	Boring, standard grass
Finger lime Scratchpad
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropical rainforests (understory plant) - NO FULL SUN
			Trunk/branches	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	February	White	April
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked; marmalade	August	Green or brown or purple - can look like dog poop	late December
Finger millet Scratchpad
	Annual herb
		Tropics, medium rain, good drainage.
			Stalk	None	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None	55 days after "planting"	Green	80 days after "planting"
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	100 days after "planting"	Brown and looks like a gnarled hand	130 days after "planting"
			Seeds	Edible cooked, plantable, mill to flour, brewable (even irl)	N/A	Red-orange	N/A
Flax Scratchpad
	Annual grass
		Temperate, full sun, cool season. Best in well-drained soil but can do wetlands too.
			Stalk	Thread	Early spring	Green	Sticks around til autumn. Stalk gives best thread if picked at 14-16 weeks; multiple versions of this growth, with different thread?
			Leaves	None	As stalk	Green	As stalk
			Flowers	None	10-12 weeks	Dark sky-blue	3-4 weeks later
			Seed pods	Contains seeds	17 weeks	Brown	20ish weeks?
			Seeds	Edible cooked, high-value oil, flour	N/A	Brown or golden	N/A
Fonio Scratchpad
	Annual grass
		Tropical semi-arid
			Stalk & leaves	None (forage)	Year-round?	Green, then golden brown when ripe	N/A?
			Flowers	None	6 weeks after planting	Green w/ hint of purple	8 weeks after planting
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	10 weeks after planting	Golden brown	18 weeks after planting
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, brewable (irl)	N/A	Brown	N/A
Foxtail millet Scratchpad
	Annual grass
		Temperate dryish (but not desert?)
			Stalk & leaves	None	Late spring	Green	Early autumn?
			Flowers	None	60 days after "planting"	Red-brown ("foxtail")	16 days later
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	90 days after "planting"	Green-brown	120 days?
			Seeds	Edible cooked, brewable, flour	N/A	Beige-tan	N/A

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Garden Cress Scratchpad
	Annual? herb
		Temperate, damp, prefers shade
			Stalk & leaves	Edible, but only when young/before blooming	Early spring	Green	Late autumn
			Flowers	None	June	White	August
			Seed pod	Contains seeds; edible raw or cooked	August?	Green, then light gray when ripe	September/October?
			Seeds	Plantable, edible, pressable for oil	N/A	Red	N/A
Garlic Scratchpad
	Perennial herb
		Temperate to subtropical; bulb needs to be buried deep enough to not freeze. Most soil qualities; full sun.
			Bulb	Edible cooked; irl, is often broken into cloves & replanted, instead of seeds	Year-round, but underground.	Cream-tan	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green-onion green	Mid-autumn
			Scapes (flower stalks)	Edible raw or cooked (when young)	Early summer; picking should prevent flowering & increase bulb quality, but limitations	Green-onion green	Mid-summer, supplanted by full-on spathe
			Spathe (like a flower/seed head, except they're tiny bulbs!)	Edible raw or cooked	Mid-summer	Lavender-tan	Early autumn
			Bulbil (seed, except the "seed" is a tiny bulb)	Edible raw or cooked; plantable	N/A	Tan	N/A
Ginkgo Scratchpad
	Deciduous tree(?)/woody seed-fern
		Shade-intolerant; temperate; prefers well-watered, well-drained, but can grow in most soils. Particularly likes streambanks because sun.
			Trunk/branches	Mid-value wood	Year-round	Brown as a tree; golden-brown as logs	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Light green, then yellow in mid-late autumn	Early winter
			Pollen cones	None	Early spring	Yellow-green	Late spring
			Ovules/Fruit	Contains edible seeds	Tiny ovules in early spring; small fruits starting late spring; ripen to full fruit in late autumn	Green, then yellow-orange when ripe	Early winter
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, but contain a toxin that can cause seizures, esp. in children. A delicacy tho I guess?	N/A	Jade green (inside gray shell)	N/A
Golden bamboo Scratchpad	Evergreen bamboo.	Temperate; shade no more than lightly-wooded; moist but well-drained, but can tolerate drought	Goes yellow in sunlight
Grama Scratchpad	Perennial grass	Temperate & tropical prairie grass. Drought-hardy.	Boring standard-issue grass.
Grape Scratchpad
	Perennial vine
		Temperate to subtropical. Needs sun, no wetlands, not too dry.
			Stem/stalk/vine	None	Year-round	Green when young, then brown (turns around august)	N/A
			Leaves	Edible cooked	April	Green, then yellow in autumn	Mid-autumn?
			Flowers	None	May	Yellow	June
			Fruits	Edible raw or cooked, contain plantable seeds, brewable (high-value), jams & preserves	Late summer ripening; if counting unripe berries, late May	Dark red or yellow/green or yellow/pink	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked; plantable; pressable for mid-value oil.	N/A	Red-beige	N/A
Guava Scratchpad
	Evergreen broadleaf tree
		Tropical & subtropical; no salt; dryish to moist, occasional waterlogging but no full-on wetland
			Trunk & branches	Low-quality? wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	Tisanes	Year-round	Dark green	N/A
			Flowers	None?	Year-round, but particularly in mid-spring	White	N/A
			Fruit	Edible raw or cooked, brewable, high-value preserves, contains seeds	Year-round, starting 90-150 days after flower fertilization; so let's say 3 renewals/year	Red-orange	N/A
			Seeds	Edible cooked, pressable to mid-value oil	N/A	Beige	N/A

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Hair grass Scratchpad	Perennial? grass	Everywhere!	Boring-grass grass.
Hard wheat Scratchpad
	Annual grass
		Temperate, moderately dry
			Stalk/leaves	None	Mid spring	Green, then brown	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Early summer	Green?	Mid summer